Searching for e-mail addresses

[Buffy]

All of us--well er, all of us except KAC--are paranoid about putting e-mail addresses in web pages for fear of spammers getting them and filling our inboxes to overflowing.

In the process of trying to take action against a spammer though, I found that with all these great search engines we have around, that NONE of them let you put an at-sign in the search string and have it work. At least none of the obvious search engines. The only one even close that I've found is Infosearch.com which refuses to show searches that are just the @domain.com part, ostensibly because they don't want you to easily steal their list.

Google says "they're working on it" but that "would slow down most queries". Horsehocky.

Does anyone know of any resources?

Oh and I'm looking for contacts at Kraft Foods concerning their evil Gevalia coffee spam which is up to 100/day at one of my clients. I've guessed at the e-mails of the entire executive team so far...

Painful death to all spammers,
Buffy

[Qfwfq]

Thinkin' of retaliating by spamming them back?

[C1ay]

You could set up and run your own copy of HTDig to build your own index. I think you can configure it to index only the domains you want and then you can search your own index.

Of course you could just get the names of some people that count at the Kraft Corporate Governance Page and direct some pointed returmn mail inquiring what their problem is. Then again, with a name or two in hand you could track down the local home phone number and give them a Saturday morning wake up call to ask what their problem is

[Cedars]

Have you tried a who-is domain lookup?

Added:
Looks like california has some pretty good anti-spam laws.

http://www.spamlaws.com/state/ca.shtml

[Zythryn]

Originally Posted by C1ay

Then again, with a name or two in hand you could track down the local home phone number and give them a Saturday morning wake up call to ask what their problem is

C1ay for the WIN!!! Would serve them right

Good luck in your quest to destroy spammers. I really don't understand the unsolicited spam. If I get spam from a company I have not asked for updates, I put them on my 'do not buy from' list.

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by Qfwfq

Thinkin' of retaliating by spamming them back?

Its fun to. I just have rules set up on the spam filter to forward.

Actually in my professional life I've been amazed at how effective e-mails to CEOs can be!

Originally Posted by C1ay

Of course you could just get the names of some people that count at the Kraft Corporate Governance Page and direct some pointed returmn mail inquiring what their problem is. Then again, with a name or two in hand you could track down the local home phone number and give them a Saturday morning wake up call to ask what their problem is

Yep. Oldest trick in the book, and already done here. They can't hide too easily with at least a bit of digging. With public companies, there's far too many reporting requirements to hide. They may not have much on their web sites, but look for anything related to media relations or investor relations and you'll find names, direct phone numbers and e-mails.

Originally Posted by Cedars

Have you tried a who-is domain lookup?

So many people are hiding these with private registrations, and even when they don't, its just some lowly shmuck in IT....

Originally Posted by Cedars

Looks like california has some pretty good anti-spam laws.

Legal route is expensive: these guys all depend on it being so.

As I've said elsewhere, why Homeland Security does not consider spam to be a terrorist threat, I don't think I'll ever understand.

Don't tread on my inbox,
Buffy

[double42]

Are there any statistics as to how much monetary damage is caused by spam in terms of simple bandwith?

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by double

Are there any statistics as to how much monetary damage is caused by spam in terms of simple bandwith?

Billions and Billions. There are models, I'm to lazy to look them up.

As you know al Qaeda likes to go after economic targets....

Kraft Foods is a terrorist organization.

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Truth, justice and the American Way,
Buffy